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Tessera Solar and Optiflex Team Up to Develop Solar Thermal Energy in California
SunTracker Tessera Solar has been selected by Riverside County (California) to develop solar energy projects on county‐owned land at closed landfills and on undeveloped land adjacent to County airports. Optiflex Properties & Development LLC (Optiflex), a real estate and technology…
New Concentrated Solar Power Plant for Spain
Subscribe by email- FREE! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/solarthermalmag New Concentrated Solar Power Plant for Spain Pic Acciona ACCIONA Energy has started construction work on a 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Majadas de Tiétar (Cáceres), representing an…
Nevada Site Now Could Provide Up to 960 Megawatts of Clean Solar Thermal Energy
(LAS VEGAS) September 22, 2009 – BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Nevada’s Coyote Springs Land Company™ to provide the sites for up to 960 megawatts…
Solar Thermal Company Ausra, Inc Receives the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Stamp of Approval
Ausra California based Ausra, Inc., a leading provider of large-scale solar steam systems for electricity generation and industrial processes, was recently awarded the “S” Stamp Certificate of Authorization from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for the manufacture of…
Carolinas Solar Water Heating Survey Begins
Progress Energy Carolinas is now accepting applications for its new SunSenseSM Solar Water Heating research study, which will test the energy-saving potential of solar water heating systems in the Carolinas. The research study is one of several new energy-efficiency programs…
WORLD’S LARGEST DISPATCHABLE SOLAR PLANT 290 Mw
Starwood Solar Starwood Energy Group Global LLC (“Starwood Energy”), a private investment firm focused on energy infrastructure projects,recently announced that its affiliate, , LLC has signed a definitive power purchase agreement (“PPA”) with Arizona Public Service Company. Starwood Solar will…
Solarized gas turbine system: hybrid power for distributed generation
Aora An Isreali company has developed what I believe is a very innovative and technically interesting product. It is also very encouraging as it may have far reaching implications for developing countries that do not have an infrastructure of centrally generated electrical power. The…